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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANV. 109
Interrupted, interruptum. Flowers formed into groups
at a distance from each other along the axis. Quercus
longaeva, Q. Cerris, Q. fastigiata.
^ Upright, erectum. Salix triandra, S. capraea, S. prunifolia,
Pinus, Abies, Cedrus.
Drooping, pendiihtm. Betula alba, Populus, Corylus.
Pi. 7, fig. 5.
5[ Naked, nudum. Flowers attached immediately upon
the axis, and not accompanied with bracteae. Quercus,
Castanea vesca.—These are in strict language spikes, but
their analogy to other plants obliges botanists to consider
them as naked catkins.
Spike.
Spica, — stachys. The sessile, or nearly sessile, Jiowers are
home immediately upon an axis.
Male, Spica mascula. Carex pilulifera, Trasus chlorostachyos.
YemiAei fceminea. The same plants.
^ Simple, simplex. The axis having no branches.
Plantago, Orobanche, Verbascum decurrens, Heliotropiuni
Indicum, Hyoscyamus niger, Phyteuma spicata.
Branched, compound, composita, ramosa. The axis is
divided into branches, and these branches entirely covered
with sessile or nearly sessile flowers. Chenopodium spinacifolium,
Heliotropiuni Europseum, Sempervivum tectorum.
Spikeletted, spiculata. Composed of several small spikes,
sessile or nearly so, and pressed close to the axis. Carex
divulsa, C. muricata, Lolium perenne. PI. 8, fig. 1.
Paniculated, paniculata. The branches of the axis disposed
like a panicle. Verbena officinalis, V. triphylla,
Mentha rotundifolia, M. viridis.
Fingerlike, digitain. Axis divided to the bottom into
several branches, not afterwards divided. Trasus digitatus,
Andropogon Ischasmum, Chlora scoparia, Heliotropium
Indicum^
% Terminal, terminalis. Triglochin, Musa, Persicaria
amphibia, Bistorta major, Lavandula Tragi, Verbascum
decurrens, Hyos^amus niger, Fumaria lutea. Reseda lutea,
Agrimonia vulgaris.
Nearly terminal, suhapicilaris. When the top of the
stem, or scape, without any branches or leaves, is prolonged
a little beyond the spike. Acorus aromaticus.
Axillary, axillaris. Melilotus officinalis.